NOTICE OF FIRST READING OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 2 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE, OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at its regular meeting on April 4, 2023, at the Township Hall located at 6483 Waldon Center Drive, Clarkston, Michigan 48346, the Charter Township of Independence Board of Trustees approved the First Reading of the Ordinance Determining that the Downtown Development Authority Development Plan and Tax Increment Financing Plan Constitutes a Public Purpose and Approving the Plan, as presented. The Board authorized a Second Reading of said Ordinance Amendment in the manner prescribed by law.

The proposed development area includes the frontage along Dixie Highway from the boundary of Waterford Township to Deer Lake Road, M-15 from Dixie Highway to boundary with Clarkston, and White Lake Road from Dixie Highway to Andersonville Road. The district abuts several lakes and includes some properties with wetlands. All maps, plats, and a description of the development plan, including the method of relocating families and individuals displaced from the area, are available for public inspection at Independence Township Hall, 6483 Waldon Center Dr., Clarkston, MI 48346. There will be no displacement or relocation under the current proposed plan.

A true copy of the proposed Ordinance is on file and available for viewing between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at the Independence Township’s Clerk’s Office, 6483 Waldon Center Drive, Clarkston, Michigan 48346.

STATE OF MICHIGAN
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-11-001
ORDINANCE DETERMING PUBLIC PURPOSE AND APPROVING DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADD CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 2, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THAT THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN CONSTITUES AND SEEKS TO ACCOMPLISH A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND ADOPTING SAID PLANS.

Section 1 of Ordinance.

Determination of public purpose.
Following a duly noticed public hearing on the development plan and tax increment financing plan for the Downtown Development Authority (herein referred to as “the plan”), and having made the findings set forth below, the Township Board has found and determined that the plan constitutes and seeks to accomplish a public purpose, and that the plan is consistent with and seeks to accomplish the intent and purpose declared by this board for the establishment of the Downtown Development Authority in Ordinance 2022-11-001:
1. The tax increment financing plan meets the requirements of MCL 125.4214;
2. The development plan meets the requirements of MCL 125.4217(2);
3. The proposed method of financing is feasible and the authority has the ability to arrange the financing;
4. The development is reasonable and necessary to carry out the purposes of Act 57 of 2018;
5. The land included within the development area to be acquired is reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the plan and of Act 57 of 2018 in an efficient and economically satisfactory manner;
6. The plan is in reasonable accord with the master plan of the Township;
7. Public services, such as fire and police protection and utilities, are or will be adequate to service the project area; and
8. Changes in zoning, streets, street levels, intersections, and utilities are reasonably necessary for the project and for the Township.

Section 2 of Ordinance.

Premised upon the findings and determinations made in section __________, above, and upon the further finding that pursuit and execution of the plan appears to be in the best interest of the Township, the plan, dated ______________, is hereby approved and adopted.
No amendment of the plan shall be effective unless and until submitted to and approved by the township board in accordance with the procedures set forth in Act 57 of 2018.

Section 3 of Ordinance.

Enactment. This Ordinance will be enacted by the Township Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of Independence following a second reading and upon publication in the manner prescribed by law.

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE
By: Cari J. Neubeck, Clerk